{"id":18336,"date":"2014-03-04T13:03:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T13:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=18336"},"modified":"2020-07-20T09:52:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T08:52:57","slug":"s-t-somersby-1-gy208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2014\/03\/s-t-somersby-1-gy208\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T. Somersby (1) GY208"},"content":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow<\/em><\/p>\n

Technical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Admiralty Number: 4214
\nOfficial Number: 144363
\nYard Number: 437
\nCompleted: 1919
\nAs built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet
\nGross Tonnage: 274.39
\nNet Tonnage: 108.61
\nLength: 125.0 ft
\nBreadth: 23.5 ft
\nDepth: 12.6 ft
\nBuilt: John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
\nEngine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Fraser & Chalmers Ltd, Erith
\nBoiler: Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne<\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

1919: Launched by John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.437) (\u201cCastle\u201d class) for The Admiralty as THOMAS LAWRIE (Ad.No.4214).
\n04.04.1919: Advertised for sale.
\n10.4.1919: Tenders to be received by 12 o\u2019clock noon.
\n01.10.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel ex fishing gear.
\n1920: Allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for the setting up of the Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London.
\n3.2.1920: Registered by The Admiralty at London (Part I & IV) as THOMAS LAWRIE O.N.144363 (LO318).
\n13.8.1920: Minesweepers\u2019 Cooperative Trawling Society Ltd, London registered.
\n3.1921: At HM Dockyard, Devonport completed fitting out for fishing under Special Survey of Lloyd\u2019s Register and classed 100A1 Stm Trawler at Plymouth.
\n1.1922: Scheme abandoned, the necessary working capital of \u00a3100,000 having not been subscribed. Laid up.
\n17.10.1922: Advertised for sale.
\n12.1924: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd (64\/64), Grimsby. Fred Parkes, Wyberton, Boston designated manager.
\n9.12.1924: Vessel mortgaged (64\/64) to Midland Bank Ltd, London (A).
\n6.2.1925: London registry closed.
\n13.2.1925: Registered at Grimsby (GY208).
\n5.3.1925: Registered at Grimsby as SOMERSBY (GY208) (BoT Minute No.1008 dated 24.1.1925).
\n1926: Fred Parkes, Blackpool designated manager.
\n14.7.1926: Mortgage (A) discharged.
\n15.7.1926: Sold to Oscar Dahl, La Rochelle.
\n3.8.1926: Grimsby registry closed.
\n8.1926: Remeasured 296g. 90n.
\n8.1926: Registered at La Rochelle as LES BARGES II.
\n21.11.1939: At 12.50 pm in Bay of Biscay in company with several Spanish fishing vessels, stopped by U-boat (U41), fifteen crew abandoned in boat before vessel was sunk by gunfire in position 45.35N 3.22W. Survivors picked up by Spanish fishing vessel PAZ y TRABAJO and landed at Pasaia (Pasajes). A further seventeen trawlers were stopped that day, but all being neutral Spanish, they were not detained.
\n12.1939: La Rochelle registry closed.<\/p>\n

Changelog<\/em>
\n03\/05\/2014: Information updated.
\n26\/01\/2017: Information updated.
\n20\/07\/2020: Updated information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Additional information courtesy of Bill Blow Technical Admiralty Number: 4214 Official Number: 144363 Yard Number: 437 Completed: 1919 As built: 360disp 125.6 x 23.5 x 12.8 feet Gross Tonnage: 274.39 Net Tonnage: 108.61 Length: 125.0 ft Breadth: 23.5 ft Depth: 12.6 ft Built: John Chambers Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft Engine: 480ihp T.3-cyl by Fraser & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[477,3],"tags":[77,40],"class_list":["post-18336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lost-vessels","category-steam-trawlers","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-parkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18336"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25086,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18336\/revisions\/25086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}